Welcome to the mordant, jingoistic and occasionally crude - but rarely before seen world - of “blast-door art.” Play Slideshow > The massive blast door was designed to ensure that the underground launch control center survived a nuclear attack. For almost three decades, the house was the “Delta One” Launch Control Facility (LCF) for ten Minuteman missiles armed with nuclear warheads. At the bottom, a massive, eight-ton steel-and-concrete door is painted the red, white and blue image of a Domino’s Pizza box, with a slightly altered phrasing of the chain’s familiar promise: “World-wide Delivery in 30 Minutes or Less Or Your Next One is Free.” But in this case the “Next One” is a Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). last but not least, there’s an indoor shooting room in case you want to practice for a zombie invasion.Photograph by Robert Lyon, courtesy of Daniel Friese At the back of what looks like an enclosed porch of an unpretentious ranch house near Wall, South Dakota, a steel-runged ladder leads down a 30-foot concrete access shaft. ![]() ![]() this is because there is an aquaculture set up that can be used for raising fish like salmon and hydroponics for growing organic vegetables like tomatoes, lettuces or fruits like strawberries and blueberries. In terms of survival, there’s a shop where residents can buy all the food they want, including fresh produce. ![]() a saltwater pool, completely computer-controlled with a water slide and cascade will make sure you feel like vacationing whenever you want. as for amenities, you can find a pet park, climbing wall, classroom, library, gym, bar and cinema. from those floors, seven are for luxury living with condos that have all the goods a luxury apartment could want with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. the complex is spread across 15 floors, goes 200 feet underground and can have a maximum occupancy of 75 people. just imagine that the door that welcomes you into the building weighs eight tons and is made of armored steel filled with concrete.īoasting a total of 54,000 square feet, the survival condo has everything you could ever need to live through the end of days. The survival condo has been called an engineering marvel and resides in what larry says is one of the strongest man-made structures ever created a nuclear hardened bunker with walls as thick as 9 and 1/2 feet made from epoxy hardened concrete that was built back in 1960 to house and protect the atlas nuclear missiles. developed by engineer and software developer larry hall, this doomsday underground building is ‘not for your typical survival nuts as portrayed in media, but rather for successful, educated and well-to-do individuals who simply want peace of mind in the event of a natural or manmade disaster.’ set underground in a secret location in kansas, united states, the survival condo presents itself as a missile silo converted into a luxury survival resort. If the apocalypse is coming, the super-rich can buy underground luxurious condos where they will have all the commodities found on their penthouses in cities like paris or new york.
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